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Forum Name: Middle school
Topic ID: 64
Message ID: 47
#47, RE: Monty Hall Problem
Posted by Ramsey_KJ on Oct-27-04 at 09:10 AM
In response to message #46
Seesall writes:
>In fact if the contestant chooses door A and Monty never opens C when the car is behind A the chances on B are 100%

That is correct but one third of the time, i.e. when the car is behind door A, Monty also opens door C (i.e., one of the wrong doors). Thus Keith Devlin's column is correct.
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KJ Ramsey